Westeck News

JANUARY 7, 2022

The development of the 2020 Canadian National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) included a code change request (PCF 1541) to reduce the maximum allowable fenestration and door-to wall ratio, primarily in commercial buildings. It looks like another swing of the pendulum is underway. window-to-wall ratio of 40 percent.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In early 2021, when vaccines were still on the horizon and pandemic lockdowns were fresh in our memories, vaccines arrived late 2020. They launched what they said would be a triennial exhibition representing nothing short of the state of design in America, an undertaking more on the order of a museum than a commercial gallery.

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e-architect

MARCH 4, 2025

” Liu’s career spans over four decades, with more than thirty projects ranging from academic and cultural institutions to civic spaces, commercial buildings and urban planning throughout China. Liu is the 54th Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the founder of Jiakun Architecture, established in 1999.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Year: 2020. Reconfigured edge zones, together with newly inserted connecting bridges, were converted into lush landscaped planters across all levels, in an innovative approach towards the positioning and functioning of commercial space. Project Status: Built. Size: 500,000 sqft – 1,000,000 sqft. © CLOU architects.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 25, 2022

In June 2020, Shimao Group staged a high-profile international competition. Zhuhai Shimao Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Port City Commercial and Cultural Centre. Zhuhai Shimao Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Port City Commercial and Cultural Centre. The project is located on Zhuhai Artificial Island.

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e-architect

JANUARY 21, 2022

It was built in the context that Xiaoshan Innovation Polis was identified as a key node for Hangzhou’s river-centered development strategy, Qianjiang Century City began to take shape and the Airport Economic Demonstration Zone was just approved. Completion time: May 2020. Nature and energy saving. Category: office building.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2022

In 2020 New York studio ODA announced plans for a 361-metre-high skyscraper to be built in Downtown Seattle. Primarily zoned for residential usage, the skyscraper will be the first supertall to be completed in the city. Superskinny as well as super tall, 1200 Bay Street will have residential, commercial and retail functions.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Dhaka Tower is the first landmark building of this scale in a new commercial district located at the edge of Tejgaon. Rather than conforming to a standard zoning envelope of a tower on a podium, the base is pyramidal, providing soaring atriums with direct connection to landscaped exterior spaces.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

02Luxury and streetsIntegrating fashion, lifestyle, sports and art, Qiantan is an ideal city model zone developed by Lujiazui Group, and one of the future core areas of Shanghai. the context of current fashion trends, commercial venues are beginning to embrace the street and provide outdoor activity space for brands.

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Dwell

JULY 12, 2022

Even before the pandemic, I would go into the office and see all of the staff kind of hanging out in the lounge zone and not at their desks," Bearman says. While the Vox/Epic headquarters was completed in early 2020 just before lockdown, "the design has turned out to be kind of useful for the transition back to an office," he adds.

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Community Architect

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Or, more precisely, and even more mundane, the zoning that enables it. The culprit hides out in a section of municipal zoning code that is titled "Single family residential", frequently abbreviated as R1. The history of zoning Zoning in general rarely gets much attention these days. Let's review the battles lines.

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Architizer

JULY 14, 2022

Year: 2020. Associated Architect : Scalène architectesSituated in the heart of the ZAC Niel development in Toulouse, France, the collective housing project creates 212 homes with ground floor commercial spaces. Project Status: Built. Size: 100,000 sqft – 300,000 sqft. Budget: 10M – 50M. © Roland Halbe. © Roland Halbe.

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Deezen

MAY 25, 2022

The most dynamic of these initiatives began a decade ago but received a new infusion of support and capital during the 2020 summer of protest and racial reckoning. Since the infamous incident that occurred here in 2020 some corporations, like US Bank, have really stepped up and delivered in unexpected ways.

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Architizer

AUGUST 31, 2022

Year: 2020. Across the street of the site, various public facilities like exhibition halls, museums and art studios are distributed in an ample park named “435 Art Zone”. The lobby is not only a concierge area but also plays a role of artwork gallery simultaneously to respond to the characters of the neighboring art zone.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Between the commercial considerations that dictate what kind of floor plates are rentable, the hemming-in of Floor Area Ratio by zoning, and 10,000 other conditions on building form, the regulatory and market-imposed constraints of working in Western democracies mean that you'll never get to explore the outer reaches of your imagination.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Although it would seem that the street's density and diversity of offerings would have made it less susceptible to the retail crisis brought on by online shopping and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, that is not the case as I've seen at numerous times, both before and after the start of lockdown in March 2020.

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Architizer

APRIL 26, 2022

Year: 2020. It was built in the context that Xiaoshan Innovation Polis was identified as a key node for Hangzhou’s river-centered development strategy, Qianjiang Century City began to take shape and the Airport Economic Demonstration Zone was just approved. Project Status: Built. Text description provided by the architects.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2020, for example, Architizer introduced the “Adaptive Reuse” category to the A+Awards for the first time ever ; the following year, the Pritzker Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, indicating that the values of interpreting place, rather than tabula-rasa scenography, were gaining momentum.

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e-architect

JUNE 8, 2023

Mohammed Bin Rashid City is also an up-and-coming area with a mix of residential, commercial, and entertainment developments and iconic landmarks such as the Dubai Canal and Meydan The design of Gemini Splendor is inspired by the Gemini symbol of the twins and the flamingoes found in the area.

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Architizer

MARCH 30, 2022

Year: 2020. In response to the existing triangulated site and the unusually long window looking out to platane trees, the store is shaped into two distinct zones, expressing indoor and “outdoor” spatial qualities. Project Status: Built. Size: 1000 sqft – 3000 sqft. Budget: 50K – 100K. © Lukstudio. © Lukstudio. © Lukstudio.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Storefronts should not sit empty (enter vacant commercial tax). To correct this latter problem, one idea that is sometimes floated around is “use-it-or-lose-it” zoning. But some developers only rezone properties and some developers only buy zoned sites. Homes should not sit empty (enter vacant home tax).

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Year: 2020. Zijing Paradise Walk has recently been recognised as RLI Most Anticipated Opening 2020 at the Global RLI Awards, which celebrates the most visionary and innovative retail and leisure concepts from across the globe. Project Status: Built. Size: 300,000 sqft – 500,000 sqft. Text description provided by the architects.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

ZOZO Headquarters, Chiba, Japan, Commercial Interior Design, Building, New Japanese Architecture Images. In winter, air diffusers on the floor efficiently supply air flow to only the occupied zone, ensuring comfort even in a large space with various levels. Completion: December 2020. ZOZO Headquarters, Chiba Japan. 7 Dec 2022.

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Architizer

MARCH 7, 2023

Combining the best residential and commercial design strategies, these six resimercial spaces are great examples of the welcoming and comfortable environment at the forefront of modern office design. The multi-zoning masterplan of the coworking space is developed to centralize the garden space to promote natural views.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 20, 2022

Originally built in 2005 for South Korea’s LG Group, the landmark twin towers that characterize the Yong’anli stretch of Beijing’s Chang’An Avenue were purchased in 2020 by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and held by Grandjoy. The towers will be upgraded to become a new international Grade A office complex. Image © CLOU.

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Architizer

APRIL 16, 2022

Year: 2020. The project is located in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, a fast-developing new area in the southeast of Shanghai. Project Status: Built. Size: 10,000 sqft – 25,000 sqft. Text description provided by the architects. © UMA Interior Design. © UMA Interior Design.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Year: 2020. The design starts by zoning departments into buildings and then alternately insert green areas among the open spaces. Project Status: Built. Size: 10,000 sqft – 25,000 sqft. Text description provided by the architects. © IDIN Architects. © IDIN Architects. © IDIN Architects. © IDIN Architects. © IDIN Architects.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Left: Student Residence in Saclay_momentum, Saclay, France, 2020 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Small Multi-Unit Housing category; Right: Anna Maria Bordas via Bordas+Peiro. 2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. Anna Maria Bordas. Cécile Brisac.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

15 Nov 2020. The flexibility and reusability of the building is ensured, among other things, by avoiding load-bearing interior walls, a room height of at least 3 m, a well thought-out arrangement of the staircases and the zoning of the technical building equipment. EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin on Hildegard-Knef-Platz. Photos: HG ESCH.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 19, 2022

A pedestrian bridge links the project area with the urban zone. Antanios Habib (Lebanon) The proposed motorway that will connect Linord with the capital in the future will cross this district and divide it into three zones. Pia Maria Saber (Lebanon) This Project is divided into different zones. Image © Pia Maria Saber.

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e-architect

JULY 6, 2023

photo © Xiaobin Lv At the end of 2020, the owner entrusted MIX Architecture to renovate and update the factory, hoping to make it a composite emerging park with an office as the main body. The solid and substantial wall is the important part to guide people from the road to gradually walk into the zone and enter the interior space.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The current structure of the commercial fishing industry is exploitative of both the environment and working-class communities. "To Damned Earth was exhibited in 'The Future of __Space' show at the A+D Museum in 2020."

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The angularity of the building footprint influenced the monolithic form of the café’s servery counter, which sits adjacent to a purpose-built commercial grade kitchen. Previously on e-architect: 16 Mar 2020. Globe Point Leeds CEG Temple District – Property Information. Project Credits: Client: CEG. Interior Designer: Ekho Studio.

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e-architect

JUNE 6, 2023

The rear façade is a slender aluminum volume which incorporates the vertical communication core and the shared services so that the area corresponding to the glazed zone is entirely open-plan and diaphanous. Both facade typologies are integrated through the arrangement of vertical aluminum slats that give continuity to the overall design.

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BD+C

JUNE 28, 2023

Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. But viewed through the lens of smart urbanism, he says, “it’s the best thing that can happen to American cities in the long term.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

In July 2019, and again in February 2020, 300 of Canaday’s Boer and Boer-cross goats arrived, complete with their own herder, who lived on-site with her herd dog for the duration of the grazing. In spring 2020, Madison’s targeted grazing program began with a 40-goat trial (including 20 two-month-old nursing kids) in Greenside Park.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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